Donkey Kong EPROM Burning

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I picked up a Donkey Kong four board set (06) and the Roms were upgraded to the US ROM set. So I want to downgrade to the Japanese ROM set (aka the "ladder cheat" ROM set.). I need help identifying cpu ROM names in either in the Japanese ROM set 1( aka "dkongjp.zip") or the Japanese ROM set 2 ( aka "dkongjo.zip") for EPROM Burning and what EPROM are they ("5K" ,"5H","5G" "5F" ).


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toad
 
Here ya go ->

5K of video board = v_5k_b.bin
5F of CPU board = c_5f_b.bin
5G of CPU board = 5g.cpu
5H of CPU board = 5h.cpu
5K of CPU board = c_5k_b.bin

These are the 5 ROMs different between dkong.zip and dkongj.zip (recently renamed by MAME from dkongjp.zip).
 
I don't know which romset is which in MAME, but there is also a US Set with the ladder "cheat" (I own a couple). That is probably the version you want, since the JPN versions will switch up the level progression (1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4 instead of US 1,4,1,2,4,1,2,3,4). In addition, the intro text in JPN was "How High Can You Try?"

"17th June 2002: Mike Haaland added the original US ROM set of Donkey Kong which includes the ladder trick." -MAWS

Obvious difference will be the copyright screen.
"Nintendo 1981" - "cheat"
"Nintendo Of America 1981" - regular ("speedup")
 
Thank you guys so much for the help. Also does any one know what the cpu files for the Japanese ROM set 2?

Thanks,
toad
 
I don't know which romset is which in MAME, but there is also a US Set with the ladder "cheat" (I own a couple). That is probably the version you want, since the JPN versions will switch up the level progression (1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4 instead of US 1,4,1,2,4,1,2,3,4). In addition, the intro text in JPN was "How High Can You Try?"

The "How High Can You Try?" text is only on the JPN set 3, not the other 2. Set 3 also has the jump cheat on the barrel board where you can jump off the 2nd row on the right and go thru the floor, and immediately clear the board (a bug that's also in Crazy Kong)
 
Thank you guys so much for the help. Also does any one know what the cpu files for the Japanese ROM set 2?

Thanks,
toad

dkongjo.zip ->

5F of CPU board = c_5f_b.bin
5G of CPU board = c_5g_b.bin
5H of CPU board = c_5h_b.bin
5K of CPU board = c_5k_b.bin

and before you ask... dkongjo1.zip ->

5F of CPU board = c_5f_b.bin
5G of CPU board = 5g.cpu
5H of CPU board = c_5h_b.bin
5K of CPU board = 5k.bin
 
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